I know that all the reliable sources have been busting on Al Franken's Air America as a slightly less-exciting alternative to NPR's midday filler. However, in my dip into the "Unfiltered" broadcast this (Wednesday) morning, Chuck D. and his two well-caffienated friends* did do a nice job of pointing out that the administration is finally on top of this global warming thing. Where? On the CIA for Kids website, of course! (If you guessed that the growing of narcotics abroad is the trigger for all of the tree-hugging, give yourself a Top Secret Gold Star.)
*Chuck himself made much of the fact that he was really quite sleepy. And he sounded it.
Posted by BT at April 08, 2004 12:05 AMJen and I checked it out this afternoon, and I thought it was good, funny stuff, if not riveting--I could see listening again, but I can't imagine making a daily habit of it. (But I hate listening to the radio anywhere except the car, so I'm predisposed against it.)
Posted by: Gavin on April 8, 2004 10:17 PMI haven't heard Franken yet, and that's fine with me because he's basically an older, less funny version of my former roommate Nate, but I have heard Randi Rhodes' afternoon show---and she was hilarious, and bitingly liberal! It was as if Terri Gross and Howard Stern had merged---into a smoking blues singer from Queens kinda sound. I'm addicted to talk radio (oh Brian Lehrer! oh Aaron Freedman! O Ken Davis) and I am won over. Don't give up on AA yet!
Posted by: bootsy on April 9, 2004 10:02 AM'Course, this discussion prompted me to tune in right now---Chuck D. is BORING today.
Posted by: bootsy on April 9, 2004 11:18 AM